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ἐκπύρ-ωσις

ekpurosis · ἡ

conflagration

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6 · 0.56/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

ἐκπύρ-ωσις · ekpyr-ōsis — LSJ

conflagration

conflagration, Str. 12.8.18 (pl.), Luc. Vit. Auct. 14.

2 conversion into fire

Philos., conversion into fire, Zeno Stoic. 1.32, Chrysipp. ib. 2.131, etc.; ἐ. πνεύματος Epicur. Ep. 2p.45U.

3 calcination

calcination, Dsc. 5.87.

4 excessive heat, pyrexia

excessive heat, pyrexia, in disease, Ptol. Tetr. 199.

5 eruption

eruption, τοῦ Βεσβίου ὄρους J. AJ 20.7.2.

metaph., of anger, Phld. Ir. p.26W.

II catching fire

catching fire, Arist. Mete. 342b2.

III dance

a kind of dance, Menipp. ap. Ath. 14.629f.

In the wild

ἐκπύρωσιν · ekpyrōsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9150)
ἐκπύρωσιν · ekpyrōsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9101)
ἐκπύρωσιν · ekpyrōsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9096)
ἐκπύρωσιν · ekpyrōsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6367)
ἐκπυρώσεως · ekpyrōseōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6525)
ἐκπύρωσιν · ekpyrōsin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7728)

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